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TWRP recovery with stock firmware

hope some one can clarify this for me.
If I flashed twrp over stock firmware, and now I want to update the firmware, I assume by flashing the full firmware it will bring back the stock recovery? What if I just flash the OTA zip?
thanks,

Both ways will bring back stock recovery, they will also make you lose root.
Just do OTA, flash the root zip from within stock recovery, install TWRP from the GOOmanager app, done.
Very easy. Just make sure you always keep the root zip on your phone. This makes rooting after an update easier.
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GlennE_ said:
Both ways will bring back stock recovery, they will also make you lose root.
Just do OTA, flash the root zip from within stock recovery, install TWRP from the GOOmanager app, done.
Very easy. Just make sure you always keep the root zip on your phone. This makes rooting after an update easier.
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simple enough! thanks for clearing up. BTW, for re-installing the TWRP from goomanager, is there a way to do it off-line? For the recover, the goo will download the img file and auto install for you. If I updated the firmware and can I some some how flash the already downloaded recover img without re-download it each time?
thanks again,

You're welcome, happy to help.
Should be possible, but I haven't figured that out yet. I just let it redownload...
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GlennE_ said:
You're welcome, happy to help.
Should be possible, but I haven't figured that out yet. I just let it redownload...
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Just to do a follow up since I just got my phone delivered yesterday which is much sooner than anticipated. Here is what I did:
1. use CASUAL to root and installed TWRP (v 2.4xx)
2. installed Goo and updated to the latest TWRP (v 2.5)
3. reboot into TWRP and flashed the full zip for the latest 0629 firmware.
4. before reboot to system, i flashed the root.zip file.
5. reboot to system, all apps and settings are retained, system is rooted. Just out of curiosity, I reboot into recovery again and it boots right into TWRP!!?
So after full firmware flash, the TWRP recovery didn't get overwritten by the stock rom.
doesn't bother me but just confused again. May be TWRP 2.5 is able to stick even after stock firmware update?

[Q] best way to upgrade TWRP ?

currently I'm on 2.6.0.0 and I was thinking of the benefits to upgrading to the latest version, plus also the risks involved. Whats the best way to upgrade TWRP ?

Use goomanager. It's by far the easiest since it's mostly automated.

mjb152 said:
currently I'm on 2.6.0.0 and I was thinking of the benefits to upgrading to the latest version, plus also the risks involved. Whats the best way to upgrade TWRP ?
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I just downloaded the latest version of TWRP, booted into the bootloader and loaded the image by
Code:
fastboot flash recovery {insert name of image file here}
. Easy peasy,,,

oops, it's a bit late. I found the goomanager and installed it, trouble is I installed the OTA update which has set my device unrooted. There is no TWRP any more, not sure how to get into recovery mode as a dead android with a red triangle appears. I'm unlocked, but just cant get into recovery.
I took a full TWRP backup before I started, any tips ?

mjb152 said:
oops, it's a bit late. I found the goomanager and installed it, trouble is I installed the OTA update which has set my device unrooted. There is no TWRP any more, not sure how to get into recovery mode as a dead android with a red triangle appears. I'm unlocked, but just cant get into recovery.
I took a full TWRP backup before I started, any tips ?
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Just use ADB to Fastboot flash recovery. Either Fastboot flash your root file or copy it to your device. If you copy it to your device, then boot to recovery and flash your Superuser or SuperSU .zip. You don't want to restore your backup though if your on the latest OTA now and your backup is the previous OTA.
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Wug works well.. Simple too.
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theres TWRP flashable zips in the TWRP thread, this is the easiest if you alrady got TWRP

you can use wug to install it for the first time then use goomanager to update it later or TWRP manager to dl manually.

Shield Update 2.2 is out!

http://shield.nvidia.com/tablet-release-notes/2.2/
now to figure out how to get this to update on my rooted LTE Tablet.....

I'm rooted and just got the update. But haven't completed the update yet as I'm too lazy to reroot.

I tried using the nvidia updater, which failed since it rebooted and CWM had no idea what to do. I made a CWM backup so I am going to see how well it flashes in CWM manually.
I managed to find the OTA download location and have superSU at the ready in my downloads folder in case I have to reflash. the OTA saved as:
/data/data/com.nvidia.ota/files/ROM/shield_tablet_software_upgrade_2.2_-_lte__5.0.1.zip

Someone please report the steps on how to do this for Rooted 2.1.

CWM install zip failed. build fingerprint mismatched, its probably CWM. Will try sideloading stock recovery then installing the zip afterward, I think I remember seeing somewhere here that's how people upgraded rooted devices from 2.0 to 2.1

Omg things seem to be more snappy! The dreaded lag may be gone! I'm not rooted so I did the ota install

I'm really interested in your findings, i need to find a tutorial on how to flash back stock recovery then i can do the update and hopefully reroot.

Iorkca said:
I'm really interested in your findings, i need to find a tutorial on how to flash back stock recovery then i can do the update and hopefully reroot.
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currently working on it right now, need about a few to upload all files and then get everything setup....

From a post on Geforce forum
fjrichman
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US LTE Full:*http://ota.nvidia.com/ota/rom/productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_do-full_ota-29979_512.4856.zip
US Wifi Full:*http://ota.nvidia.com/ota/rom/productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_wf-full_ota-29979_512.4856.zip
I successfully updated rooted wifi using link

Awsome sounds good. Quick question to get stock recovery back all id have to do is extract the recovery.img file from the ota 2.1 file i downloaded off nvidia's site and load it like i did the CWM recovery from the root thread right?

Or (if you've got root) wait until the full 2.2 .zip is available, then download it and flash it through your custom recovery, followed by the latest SuperSU. (just like the last Lollipop update).
Interestingly, the OTA update tool has an option for "Check full update" (under the top right menu), but it doesn't seem to return anything...yet...
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Pretty much you are going
Flash Stock recovery by any preferred method
Flash Update
adb Reflash CWM recovery
Thru recovery flash SuperSU
**Profit**
Working on getting all the files in one package as of right now. Damn internet hogs in my house.

Cant we use Flashify to flash stock recovery and then updating the OTA and then reflash our recoverys and supersu.zip?

NaminatoR1254jaime.sier said:
Cant we use Flashify to flash stock recovery and then updating the OTA and then reflash our recoverys and supersu.zip?
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Yeah, if you have the stock recovery file....

mcord11758 said:
From a post on Geforce forum
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For rooted users you'll want to use theses.
US LTE Full:*http://ota.nvidia.com/ota/rom/productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_do-full_ota-29979_512.4856.zip
US Wifi Full:*http://ota.nvidia.com/ota/rom/productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_wf-full_ota-29979_512.4856.zip
I successfully updated rooted wifi using link
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Did you clean install, or did you dirty flash?
Just curious if this can be applied as an update our not.
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masterchiefb117 said:
Yeah, if you have the stock recovery file....
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I dont
But Im downloading the 2.1 update stock images. Funny how I deleted the 2 gb zip yesterday and now I need it.

masterchiefb117 said:
Pretty much you are going
Flash Stock recovery by any preferred method
Flash Update
adb Reflash CWM recovery
Thru recovery flash SuperSU
**Profit**
Working on getting all the files in one package as of right now. Damn internet hogs in my house.
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You won't be able to successfully flash the UPDATE .zip file (~94MB) on a rooted (read: modified) Lollipop version.
Recovery version is irrelevant.
You need the FULL 2.2 rom (already found above , ~731MB), flash it in your current custom recovery and re-root by flashing SuperSU again.
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ok, here's what I dug up. If you are rooted and want it NOW, get to it, otherwise wait for someone to clean up the process:
get the OTA from here: https://forums.geforce.com/default/...hread-released-2-17-15-/post/4464815/#4464815
get your latest SuperSU flashable zip: http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU/
get your recovery ready for reflashing, the OTA will install the stock recovery again. I went with: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58864006&postcount=90
boot into recovery and install zip from sideload. then choose either: adb sideload productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_do-full_ota-29979_512.4856.zip or adb sideload productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_wf-full_ota-29979_512.4856.zip
reboot and let the upgrade happen, you've lost root and recovery, but you still are unlocked so you just have to reflash them. get into fastboot with power and volume down, then flash recovery: fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.8.5.0-shieldtablet.img
load up recovery and flash the superSU zip and you're back in business.

ShrekOpher said:
Did you clean install, or did you dirty flash?
Just curious if this can be applied as an update our not.
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Wiped cache and davlik then just in case flashed supersu after rom

An Droid said:
You won't be able to successfully flash the UPDATE .zip file (~94MB) on a rooted (read: modified) Lollipop version.
Recovery version is irrelevant.
You need the FULL 2.2 rom (already found above , ~731MB), flash it in your current custom recovery and re-root by flashing SuperSU again.
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That means a rooted lollipop user with custom recovery, can download the full ota, and dirty flash it, right?

Nvidia SHIELD Portable Root

Hi everyone!
This morning I woke up to find my SHIELD with the so waited notification of Lollipop update. I'm really happy to finally have lollipop running on my device, but sadly I found a problem after the update. I was trying to re-root my device, but neither the SHIELD RAM tool or Root Genius could do the trick. But I didn't gave up, I searched in Google any way to root my SHIELD with the still fresh update, and found that the Kinguser app can root it without trouble.
You just need to download the apk, install it on your SHIELD and open it.
Btw, the old recovery isn't working anymore, you can flash it with the RAM tool, but the device will reflash the stock recovery.

Downloaded and it's says shield portable android 5.1 not supported...
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kenmacker said:
Downloaded and it's says shield portable android 5.1 not supported...
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You need to turn on USB Debugging, and then run the app.

USB debugging is now turned on but it says root access is unavailable
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work great
thanks

Old recovery is working for me - it's CWM 6.0.4.4.
I had to flash it twice, first time it was reflashed to stock.
PS: TWRP 2.8.5.0 (unofficial) is working too.

kenmacker said:
USB debugging is now turned on but it says root access is unavailable
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Look if you have your SHILD's bootloader unlocked, that may be causing the problem.
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Ask if you have doubts or problems, we're here to help.

I wanted a full restore/clean version of the ROM without waiting for the factory image to be updated.
I flashed the 101 Factory Image from here. I notice that 103 is there now so just skip this step and flash that now.
I noticed that after flashing the latest SuperSU the device would never boot.
So I had to use KingRoot but for me the apk method never worked so I went with the desktop version.
To get Root I went to KingRoot's XDA page and downloaded the Desktop version.
When running the program it is all in Chinese but is thankfully idiot proof with its one big button on it. Just make sure that USB Debugging is turned on and wait for it to finish, it will reboot during the process.
KingRoot installs its own version of a Super User advisor so it will prompt when something needs root access and for most people that would be enough but I prefer SuperSU, Thankfully KingRoot has a set of instructions, follow these to the letter and it will guide you through removing KingRoot and installing SuperSU. During that process you will get a lot of errors saying that files are no longer there, just ignore them, that means the initial uninstall got the files.
Once I was able to ensure that SuperSU and Root where staying after a reboot I re-installed TWRP (for some reason I couldn't get CWM to stick after a reboot but oh well I like TWRP more >_>) and made a backup of my stock rooted device.
I then went to this page and grabbed the Unofficial Xposed 5.1 .zip and went to this page and grabbed the Xposed Installer.
Rebooted and waited for the App Cache to re-build as the Xposed framework nukes it then installed my mods as normal.
Took a little bit longer than normal to update but oh well, Everything is working smoothly and I'm happy with it.

Rooted my Shield two times wth CWM without problems.

astuermer said:
Old recovery is working for me - it's CWM 6.0.4.4.
I had to flash it twice, first time it was reflashed to stock.
PS: TWRP 2.8.5.0 (unofficial) is working too.
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Which cmw did you use and where did you get it? I tried using flashify with twrp and it says boot failed when booting into recover.
astuermer said:
Rooted my Shield two times wth CWM without problems.
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Give me a few mins. I will upload my Recovery package...
Here we go. I've flashed and rooted my SHIELD successfully after OTA upgrade - and today again after flashing the clean 103 factory Image.
SHIELD-Portable-Recoveries.zip
Update: I've attached a ZIP file with 4 different recoveries. Simply execute the Batch file I've included (if you're on Windows) and select 1-4.
stock KitKat recovery (from update 101)
stock Lollipop recovery (from update 103)
ClockworkMod recovery (CWM) 6.0.4.4 (somewhere from XDA, but couldn't find the link)
TWRP recovery 2.8.5.0 (from here)

From @Steel01 The TWRP located here may give people problems and we should be using the one in the MultiROM TWRP located here.
Source here.
EDIT: I will test tonight and see what happens when you image with the factory image and just install MultiROM's TWRP and then try SuperSU's latest BETA.
I was trying to use the other TWRP before and could never boot which is why I did the KingRoot method.

If you wanted to change Kinguser to SuperSU all you have to do is download any "Control Rotation App" and set it as Portrait Mode (if it didn't work make sure that the Nvidia Shield Portable is in a sitting position and flip it , It should work , If not try installing other apps), Install "Super-Sume" , Then touch the big blue button , After that wait until the process is done , You should see SuperSU, In the other hand Kinguser has already vanished (I'm not sure if SuperSU will open automatically or not), Install the binary, Reboot, Done.
Have a nice day

[(GUIDE)] Lg V410 kitkat return to stock w/o pc.

So here's my little guide on returning your v410 to stock unrooted from kitkat.
First of all download the stock rooted rom by @timmytim
http://forum.xda-developers.com/g-p...-v410-onlykot49i-v4101d-4-4-2-rooted-t3040208
Next download the stock recovery img.
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here's a link to an image I made before flashing twrp on my v410. I've restored it with dd and flashify and it works fine. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1l3W9XHAqEgX0ZCUWc1QTlfWjg/edit?usp=docslist_api
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Have flashify installed
Busy box app by stericson installed, I have pro.
Boot into twrp
Flash stock rom. Do not wipe anything!!
Reboot
Wait for apps to optimize.
Upon reboot flash the stock recovery via flashify. Once succeeded just press the home button to exit out!!
Open busy box wait for it to load and choose uninstall, normal uninstall not smart.
Reboot
Upon reboot open up su. Do not update binary!!
Scroll through settings and tick Full Unroot, select yes and wait.
Once uninstalled it will exit out on it's own
Reboot
Download root checker and check, you should be unrooted and able to factory reset or whatever you choose.
You removed busy box so there should be no traces of root.

Has anyone tried this? I'm desperate to get back on stock OTA/unrooted, this tablet has just been too laggy for my liking on any custom ROM. I'm currently on CM nightlies, on LL.....

So this works fine, I said "screw it" last night and flashed it. I decided to keep root though......so I just went from CM Nightlies on LL....back to KK. Oh man I missed KK. :silly: :good:
Only thing is, I went into bootloop after flashing the ROM, so I booted into TWRP and did a full wipe (minus external SD), did a factory reset.....and flashed it again. Booted up fine, and with an hour I was getting a prompt for an OTA being available.

ok, i followed your guide here and several others on the interweb. I am stumped. I am trying to install the update, but when I do i get that updates are not for rooted devices.
I did do a full unroot via supersu and flashed the stock recovery. When I put it in download mode, it says that it is still rooted. What did I do wrong?
little background, this all started when i was stock rooted and running xposed and twrp, and accidentally allowed my kid to install an update with out looking and got stuck in a twrp bootloop. flashed test build and then I am here. Any help would be appreciated.

any updates?
joeclark said:
ok, i followed your guide here and several others on the interweb. I am stumped. I am trying to install the update, but when I do i get that updates are not for rooted devices.
I did do a full unroot via supersu and flashed the stock recovery. When I put it in download mode, it says that it is still rooted. What did I do wrong?.
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Hey did the same and i'm now in the same predicament. i know its been a while but did u manage to figure it out by any chance?

Nope still sitting on my desk as a mouse pad
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LXative said:
So this works fine, I said "screw it" last night and flashed it. I decided to keep root though......so I just went from CM Nightlies on LL....back to KK. Oh man I missed KK. :silly: :good:
Only thing is, I went into bootloop after flashing the ROM, so I booted into TWRP and did a full wipe (minus external SD), did a factory reset.....and flashed it again. Booted up fine, and with an hour I was getting a prompt for an OTA being available.
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did you have a Sim card in it?
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joeclark said:
ok, i followed your guide here and several others on the interweb. I am stumped. I am trying to install the update, but when I do i get that updates are not for rooted devices.
I did do a full unroot via supersu and flashed the stock recovery. When I put it in download mode, it says that it is still rooted. What did I do wrong?
little background, this all started when i was stock rooted and running xposed and twrp, and accidentally allowed my kid to install an update with out looking and got stuck in a twrp bootloop. flashed test build and then I am here. Any help would be appreciated.
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ok so there is a zip for stock non testbuild. But how did the device pop up with a update wouldn't it not update if you had a custom recovery